A 20-year-old St. Petersburg man was sentenced to three-and-a-half (3 1/2) years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge stemming from a fatal wreck that killed two (2) people – his 23-year-old cousin, who was a passenger in his car, and a 59-year-old woman, who was a passenger in the other car. For the complete story, check out the TBO.com story.

Joshua Malone’s prison term will be followed by twenty-four (24) months of community control (aka: “house arrest”).

Malone, who was only eighteen (18) years-old at the time of the Feb. 9, 2008 wreck, was sentenced as a “Youthful Offender,” which limited/reduced his maximum exposure to six (6) years in prison.

According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), Malone was driving a Ford Focus east on the Treasure Island Causeway when a Lexus turned in front of him to go south on Paradise Boulevard. Malone’s Ford Focus T-boned the Lexus.

Because Malone was under 21-years of age at the time of his Sentencing Hearing, along with the fact that he had never been previously sentenced as a “Youthful Offender,” it was within the Court’s discretion to “depart” from the sentencing guidelines.

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